THE GAZETTE-TIMES, HEPi'XEK, OREGON', TIU'ItSDAV, JAN. 20,1922.
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Office upstairs over Potofflce
Heppner, Oregon
DES. VAUGHAN & GROVE
DENTISTS
Permanently located In the Odd
Fallows building, Room 4 and 6.
Heppner, Oregon
A. D. McMURDO, M. P.
PHYSICIAN BURGEON
Office In Patterson Drug 8tore
Trained Nurse Assistant
Heppner, Oregon
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PHYSICIAN BURGEON
Trained Nurae Assistant
Office upstairs over Postofflce
Heppner, Oregon
WOODSON & SWEEK
ATTORNEY8-AT-LAW
Office in MasonlciBuilding
Heppner, Oregon
SAM E. VAN VACTOR
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
First National Bank Building
Heppner, Oregon
S. E. NOTSON
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Office In Court House
Heppner, Oregon
Office Pbone, Main 643
Residence Pbone, Main 665
FRANCIS A. McMENAMIN
LAWYER
Roberts Building, Heppner Oro
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LAWYER
IONK, OREGON
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Heppner, Oregon
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Heppner, Oregon
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"The Oid-Time Auctioneer"
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lone, Oregon
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Associate Physlolan
Treatment of all disease Isolated
wards for contagious disease
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LEGAL NOTICES
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OP TUB
STATE OF OREOON FOR THE
COUNTT OF MORROW.
Christina Cook, Plaintiff)
a, )
Charles D. Coleman and Lo-)UMMON
tua Rebison, Defendants)
To Charles D. Coleman, defendant:
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF
OREOON: Tou are hereby summoned
and required to appear and answer the
complaint of plaintiff Died against you
In the above entitled court and cause
on or before six weeks from the date
of first publication of thla summons.
to-wlt: On or before the 26th day of
January, 1922, and you are hereby notl
fled that if you fall so to appear or an
swer. for want thereof plaintiff will ap
nly to the court for the relief demanded
In her complaint, via. for judgment
against you for $900.00 and Interest
thereon at the rate of ten per cent per
annum from February 20, 1919, for the
further sum of 1100.00 attorneya fee
and the costs and disbursements of this
suit; that the real property mortgaged
by yoo to plaintiff to seoure the fore-olrie-
obligation, vli Southwest quar
ter of Section , Northeast quarter of
.tion 17. Northwest quarter, worm
half of the Southwest quarter and West
halt of Northwest quarter of Southeast
quarter of Section It in Township i
South Range 25 E. W. M., ba aeld upon
foreclosure and the proceeds applied to
plaintiffs judgment and that you ba
foreclosed of all right, title and Inter
est In or to aald real property aara the
statutory right of redemption.
This summons ta served upon you by
publication thereof in The Oasetta
Times, a weekly newspaper published
at Heppner, Oregon, onca a week for
six weeks, by order of Hon. Gilbert W.
Phelps, Judge of the above entitled
Court and the data of Drat publication
is December IS, 1921.
WOODSON A 8 WEEK,
Attorneya for Plaintiff,
12U-7t Heppner, Oregon.
NOTICE FOR PIIBI.ICATIOH
Isolated Tract
0tU6
P1BI.1C LAND SALE
n!PiHTMRCT OF THE INTERIOR.
U. 8. LAND OFFICE at The Dalles. Or.,
November 29, 1921.
notice is hereby aivn that, as 01-
rriui hv the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land office under provisions of Sec.
2458. R 8 . pusurant to tne application
of Jos.' A." Robbina, Serial No. 021M9,
we will offer at public sale, to tha high
est bidder, but at not less than 11.(0
nr cre st 10:45 o'clock A. M. on the
Fifteenth day of February, next, at thla
office, the following tract of land: NEH
NW1. Sec. 30, T. 4 8., K. 2, a. w. m.
(cnntnlnins 40 acres) 'This tract is
ordered into tha n.ai'ol on a showing
that the greater portion tnereoi is
mountainous or too rough for cultiva
tion."
ThA aula will not ba keDt open, but
will ha declared closed when those pre
sent at the hour named have ceased bid
ding. The person making tha highest
hid will ba required to immediately pay
to the Receiver the amount ineroi.
Any persons claiming adversely tha
above-described land are advised to
file their claims or objections on or
before the time designated for sale.
T. C. QUEEN, Keceiver.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that tha un
derslgned haa been appointed by tne
County 'Court of the State of Oregon
for Morrow County Administratrix or
the Estate of William U Barlow, da.
ceased: and that all persons having
claims aaralnst tha said estate must
oresent the same, duly verified accord'
Ing to law, to me at the office of my
attorney. 8. E. Notson, in Heppner, Ore
gon, within six months from tha date
of first publication of thla notice, said
date of first publication being Decem
ber 22. 1921.
MART 8. HARLOW. Administratrix.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
ISOLATED TRACT.
Pablle Lead Sale.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
U. 8. Land Office at LaOrande, Oregon,
December 21, 1921. NOTICE is hereby
given that as directed by the Commis
sioner of the General Land Office, un
der provisions of Sec. 2465, R. S pur
suant to the application of Jerm O'
Connor, of Heppner, Oregon, Serial No.
021143. we will offer at public sale, to
the highest bidder, but at not less than
13.25 per acre, at 10 o'clock A. M., on
the 2Jrd day of February, 1921, next
at this office, the following tract of
land: NWNEl, 8ectlon 4, Tp. 4 8., R.
28 E. W. M.
The sale will not be kept open, but
will be declared closed when those
nrenent at the hour named have ceased
bidding. The person making the high
est bid will be required to Immediately
pay to the Receiver the amount thereof.
Any persons claiming adversely tne
above-described land are advised to file
their claims, r objections, on or before
the time designated for sale.
CARL N. HELM, Register.
J. H. PEARB. Receiver.
NOTICE FOR PIBI.ICATIOW.
ISOLATED TRACT,
Public Laad Sale.
DEPARTMENT OK THE INTERIOR,
U. 8. Land Office at LaOrande, Oregon,
December SI, 1921. NOTICE is hereby
given that, as directed by the Commis
sioner of the General Land Office, un
der provisions of 8ec. JIBS, R. S., pur
suant to the application of Jerm O'
Connor, of Heppner, Oregon, Serial No.
021142, we will offer at public sale, to
the highest bidder, but at not less than
14.00 per acre, at 10 o'clock A. M., on
the 23rd day of February, 1922. next,
t this office, the following tract of
land: SE'iSWl. 8ectlon 80, Tp. 3 8., R.
28 E W. M.
The aale will not be kept open, but
will be deolared closed when those
present at the hour named have ceased
bidding. The person making Hie high
est hid will be required to Immediately
pay to the Receiver the amount thereof.
Any persons claiming adversely the
nhove-descrlbed land are advised to file
their claims, or objections, on or before
the time designated for sale.
CARL N. HELM. Register.
J. H. PEARE, Receiver.
NnTICK OF STOCKHOLDERS APINU
AL MICKTINO.
NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN THAT
the Annual Meeting of the stockholders
nf the HrvDarr Mlnlaa Camaaay will
be held at the office of S. E. Van Vac
tor. Heppner, Oregon, on the second
Tuesday In February, 1922, being the
9th day of February, 1922, at the hour
of 2 o'clock In the afternoon of aald
lay. This meeting Is for the purpose of
electing officers and the transaction or
such other business as may appear.
D. B. 8TALTER, President
J. O. HAOER, Secretary.
NOTICE,
TO HIGHWAY MOTOR TRANSPOR
TATION COMPANIES AND PER
80N8, And to whom it may Concern
vr.ii and each of you are heroby notl
fled that the law passed at the special
sosslon of the Legislature providing
for supervision and regulation of trans
nn,iaiinn nf nersnns and nronerty for
compensation over publlo hlghwaya by
motor vehicles Is now in force ana ei-
rKt nnrl vnu are advised to secure In
structions by communicating with the
Commission Immediately. For your
reference and convenience a copy of
the law is now on file with County
PlrU.
Dated at Salem, Oregon, this Slet day
of December, 1921.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
OF OREGON,
Rv Fred A. Williams, Chairman.
ATTEST: Wm. P. Ellis, Secretary.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS,
Notice is hereby given that the un
derslgned haa been appointed by the
County Court of the State of Oregon
for Morrow County, Administrator w
the Estate of Bernard Fi Doherty, de
ceased; and that all persons having
claima against the said estate must
present the same, duly verified accord
ina to law. to me at the office of Attor
ney F. A. McMonamln, In Heppner, Ore.
gon, within six months from the date
of the first publication of this notice
cumber 29, 1921. Date of last publl
cation being January 2, 1922.
JAMES O. DOHERTY,
, Admnlstrator of the Estate of
Bernard F, Doherty, deceased.
Prominent Physician Says
Disease Is Not Necessary
Famous Rochester Surgeon
Gives Views on Health of
Nation and Its Needs.
Dr. Mayo Gives Figures in War
vs. Disease as Agent of
Death Health Hints. .
By Charles H. Mayo. M. D.
Editor's Note: The most famous
surgeon in tne woria toaay is un
doubtedly Dr. Charles H. Mayo, of
Rochester, Minn. To him nave come
men and women from every part of
the world and the Mayo hospital has
become a world institution. His ad
vice is sought by medical men in all
parts of the civilized globe and he is
generally considered the last resort
in surgery when all other means
have failed. His article should be
read with careful attention.
Death, although inevitable to all
multicellular life, be it plant or ani
mal, is often untimely from disease.
The efficiency of nations largely de
pends on a full appreciation of dis
ease as a cause of sickness in all
types of life, and its control or pre
vention. Germany doubled her pop
ulation in two generations and re
stored her wornout land by scien
tific care until its acreage produc
tion far exceeded our own. It is
generally conceded that disease is
largely unnecessary, not only con
tagious diseases, but also the com
mon diseases which make invalids
of so many persons. That disease of
plants, grains, trees, animals and
persons are due to microbic action
is becoming generally known. A few
persons are mentally so constituted
that they refuse to believe that the
same agents cause disease of people.
It is fortunate indeed that there are
more helpful than harmful microbes,
since higher life could not exist with
out the single-celled organisms.
Many such organisms are used In
the arts and sciences, in the making
of dyes and fermented products, in
the household in the making of bread
through the action of yeast. The
avoidance of them in the preserva
tion of fruit and vegetables can well
be compared with the methods of
modern aseptic surgery. In each.vestigation. Wre now know that the
cubic inch of soil there are millions
of bacteria, acting as chemical soil
solvents for plant root absorption.
Some varieties fix the nitrogen of the
air for the nourishment of plants, for
example, alfalfa; Henry Ford plans
to obtain practically the same results
at Muscle Shoals by electrically fix
ing the nitrogen of the air.
The Eternal Struggle.
In recognition of the fact that all
higher life is struggling against the
destroying agents which have an
equal desire to live, we spray and
fumigate plants and orchards to de
stroy insects, moulds and destruc
tive germs, or to maintain a temper
ature for food, such as milk, which
prevents the growth of deleterious
microbes. The farmer sprays his
potato vines, cleans his seed grain,
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
STATE OF OREOON FOR THE
COUNTY OF MORROW.
E. L. Barnett, Plaintiff.)
v. )
Zella Anderson and)
George Anderaon, her)
husband, May Smith)
and Earl Pmtth, her)
husband, Jennie Day.)
Frank I. Bhurte, the un-)
known helra of the saldigTJiyjjjQjjg
Frank I. snurte, ana)
also all other persons)
partiea unknown,)
claiming any right, tt-)
tie, estate, lien or In-)
terest In the real es-)
tate described ln the)
complaint herein, )
Defendants.)
To the said May Smith and Earl
Smith, her husband, Jennie Day, Frank
I. Shurte, the unknown heirs or the
said Frank I. Shurte, and aibu all other
persons or parties unknown, claiming
any right, title, estate. Hen or Interest
In the real estate described ln the com
plaint herein, defendants.
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF
OREGON: You are hereby required to
appear and answer the complaint Hied
against you in the above entitled suit
and Court on or before six weeks from
the date of the first publication of this
summons, and If you fall so to appear
and answer, for want thereof the plain
tiff will apply to the Court for the re
lief prayed for in his complaint, to-wlt:
1st. That the defendants, and each
of them, be required to Bet forth the
nature of their claima ln and to the
Southwest quarter of Section 26 in
Tonshlp 2 North Range 2S East or tne
Wlllnmette Meridian in the County of
Morrow and State of Oregon.
2nd. That the defendants, and each
of them, have no right, title, estate,
Hen or Interest in or to said premises.
Srd. That the defendants, and each
of them, be forever enjoined and barred
from asserting any claim whatever li.
or to said premises adverse to the
plaintiff and for such other and further
relief aa to this Honorable Court may
seem meet and just.
This summons is served upon you by
publication thereof In The Oasette
Times, a newspaper of general circula
tion published within the County of
Morrow and State of Oregon, once a
week for six consecutive weeks pur
suant to an order of the Honorable Wm.
T. Campbell, Judge of the County Court
of Morrow County, Oregon, made and
dated on the 16th day of January, 1922.
Date of first publication, January 19,
1922.
Date of last publication, March I,
1922.
F. A. McMENAMIN and A..J. FRITZ,
Attorneys for the Plaintiff.
Postofflce Address, Arlington, Oregon.
and treats it to prevent mould, rust
and smut, as a result of research
work on agriculture. Such studies i
have also shown that wheat rust is!'1"1 typhoid fever at one time, due , to pay the cost of past wars and to having devoted four years to academ
carried through the winter on a bar- j t0 failure to establish proper medical prepare for future wars, and that out fc work and five to medical school and
berry shrub, that botulism, a deadly i
nnknn nri nmHiirt nf biatrial nr.
r.-
tion. develops in badly preserved
olives as well another foods. Such
microbes kill, if eaten, and cause the
disease "limber neck" in chickens,
although they are often carried in
the intestines of hogs without appar
ent harm.
Great economic losses occur from
diseases of domestic animals, such
as contagious pneumonia, hemor-
hagic septicemia, and blackleg. Vac
cination has proved very effective in
cases of blackleg, and the use of vac
cine and serum prevent hog cholera
if employed before the disease su
pervenes. Tuberculosis is a great destroyer
of cattle, hogs and chickens, and the
State agricultural departments are
doing a great deal to eradicate the
disease. Infected milk is frequent
cause of tuberculosis of the Imyph
glands of the necks of children as
well as intestinal tuberculosis, which
leads to prolonged ill-health and
handicaps them early in life. Our
larger cities compel the inspection
of dairies and the testing of cows
for tuberculosis, or the pasteuriza
tion of milk to protect children
against milk-borne diseases. Many
epidemics of contagious sore throats
and typhoid have been traced to con
taminated milk. Man is subject to
glanders conveyed from diseased
horses, and
to
actinomycosis and
carbuncles from diseased cows.
Why French Failed.
Within a few decades the world
has recognized certain carriers of
disease, such as the mosquito in dis
seminating yellow fever and malaria.
The lack of this knowledge led to
failure by the French to build the
Panama canal. General Gorgas gave
the world a great medical master
piece of hygienic control by convert-
ing the pestilential canal zone to one,
of the healthiest places in the world,
ine research investigations maae
some years ago by Rickets and Wild
er in Mexico revealed that typhus fe
ver is carried by the body louse.
Rickets died of typhus during the in-
disease is also carried bv the Central
American woodtick, and the common
bedbug, if such have access to in-!mous economic loss caused by dis
dividuals with the disease. Spotted ; ease in our nets and domestic animals
fever in man is due to the bite of the
Rocky Mountain tick. The cattle fe
ver in Texas, carried by the tick, is
overcome by dipping the animals and
the selection of certain breedings
more immune to the disease. An ex- j instance, prohibition is evaded, es
ample of disease of trees is found ; pecially in such states and cities as
in the chestnuts which have been have a high percentage of foreign
killed throughout large arease of our orn inhabitants, who are aided in
country by injure to the paper bark
of the trees. Slight variations in the
chemistry or taste of the substance
give immunity; for example, the Jap
anese chestnut is free from trie dis
ease. Disease Preventable.
Attention is called to a few of the
varieties of disease in the living cells
of plants, animals and man m order
to emphasize the fact that they arejvious to passing of the prohibition
an so much anne; tnat tne diseases
of man are as preventable as are
those of plants in the best managed
greenhouses and gardens and of ani
mals on well managed farms, and
that the economic gain is far greater,
The application of scientific know
ledge in the war prevented death
from tetanus caused by the contam
ination of wounds, by contact with
the richly manured lands of France
and Belgium ; especially prepared
serums ana antitoxins were usea
which furnish the body with a small
amount of material in the blood, such
as is left after recovery from small
pox, typhoid fever, measles, or scar
let fever, rendering the patient im
mune to a second attack. On the
knowledge of how this is accom
plished in the body, and the manner
n wnicn it can oe transierrea, not
necessarily oy tne individual naving
the disease, is oased all on tne pre
ventive treatment of contagious dis
ease; thus measles and scarlet fever
undoubtedly soon will be classed in
this group of unnecessary diseases
avoidable by vaccination. The spread
of such knowledge over the country
by four million soldiers will contrib
Ute much tO the development of a
campaign tor national health. As
the wounds and diseases of these sol
diers were cured (hey were returned
again and again to the lines in order
that a military decision might result.
The failure of such decision has left
the world in chaos for three years.
More than 40,000 of the physically
and mentally best medical men of
our country were in army medical
service; the remaining two- thirds,
many of them old, retired and poorly
equipped for the profession, cared
for more than 100,000,000 persons.
It is to the credit of our nation dur
ing the trying period in which there
were 600,000 deaths from influenza,
that there was so little complaint, all
realizing that the shortage of physi
cians in civil practice gave our boys
a better chance.
Toll of Cancer.
We lost less than 77,000 soldiers
in the war, but during the same two
years 180,000 persons in our civilian
population died from cancer. Histo-
ry shows that in former wars death
from disease was a large factor in
the termination of war, since death
from disease and death in battle oc-
curred in a ratio of from 8 to 1 to as
hitih as 16 to 1. In the Spanish war
we lost in battle 353 soldiers, while
" OW and that many died of disease,
Twenty thousand soldiers were sick
authority, in tne Boer war tne fcng -
"sh lost 9,000 of 56.000 soldiers sick ;
.... . .......
wnn typnoia. in contrast to this tne neaiin ana to aia in eaucation, re
recent French report on the Great search and general development
War shows that six soldiers died in
oattie to one rrom disease, l he nec
essities of war finally gave medicine
an opportunity to make this marvel
ous showing when given authority.
These figures demonstrate the saving P.60 w,,h ,a Pr'm.aT 8ood. founda- less education, who has taken the
of life that should be possible in time '10n' tbut rLelaxed immigration laws jne Qut of osteo ath The chiro
of peace. Attention is called to theh"veLbught t0 us- 'th osme good, r from his ,imited ho . be
lack of public health care as a
tional waste, since we lose 600,000
persons a vear from unnecearv dis.
ease; 300,000 fail to live through the
first year of life, and 125.000 die
within the first six weeks. Our ma
ternity death rate is the highest of
any civilized nation, largely from ne-
gleet or lack of opportunity to secure
special care in many of the farm dis
tricts. In spite of such adverse con
ditions it is probable that twelve
years have been added to the average
,ength of humar) )ife by app,ied .
mpHirai cnVn within tho Uct I
decades, largely 'through the preser- consideration of the report of the ex
vation of chidren. animation of nearly two million of
Look to America.
For some years to come the prog-
ress of medical science will depend
on America. In England, unfortun -
ately, all research investigation of
disease has been checked by a per-
nicious bill, passed through the in
iRuence of anti-vivisectionists, which
prevents animal experimentation, al
so by the development of generalized
state medicine and the consequent
loss of initiative. It may be men
tioned that these same anti-vivisectionists
permit the coursing of hares,
and wear the furs of trapped animals
often held suffering for days until
visited by the trapper. The influence
of such persons is becoming active in
America and must be combated as
we combat disease. They wilfully
misrepresent experimental research
on animals and are unwilling to be-
lieve that such experimentation is
u - ery expensive, requiring buildings,
equipment, much labor, and accurate
detailed observations carried out with
the exact technic under anesthetics
as is used in operating on patients,
yet with far greater difficulty. It lsjthese persons may be considered the
only by the clear and honest inter
pretation of such work that the enor-
to say nothing of persons, can be pre
vented.
We are not naturally law-abiding
people. Civilization is but the state
i0f social conscience of the mass. For
sucn evasion by the congressmen who
recresent them. Their efforts to take
advantage of the medical profession
and make bartenders of physicians,
and saloons of drug stores, was
doomed to fail. In the control of the
use of alcohol, Congress should have
ascertained the small amount of
i liquor released to wholesale and re-
tail druggists for medicinal use pre-
; act. rrumuuuun is mgitai m luuh-
tries with universally pure drinking
water like ours, and has reduced re -
markably not only those diseases
caused by alcohol, but the associated
j diseases of social and moral life
largely aepenaent on aiconoi ano ire
sale.
Some National Needs.
The scope of our national health
has become greatly extended over its
j former conception in the education of
the people. Many, having developed
to adult life on a foreign soil, resist
progress in this country, necessitat-
ing added supervision in the form
of prenatal, maternity and baby wel -
fare clinics. The physical develop-
ment of the child, and the care and'the press is giving to the salacious! capacitated for military service oe-
iwvpnfinn nf HiseiK rlurinir school IrfpiaiU nf rtivnr.'p nmrepdinirs of mar- ICiiUSe of disease, in IllOSt instances
jfei as0 require national attention.
nstruct on ,n physical development,
the establishment of playgrounds,
and livine and industrial hygiene,
are, in a general way, more or less j is rarely sufficient news of educa
appreciated by the inhabitants of our tional interest or importance to call
cities, with the result that farm life for an extra edition, unless it can be
jhas become almost unbearable to our
jvouth, t js sa;d tnat 59,000 farms
in New England have been abandon
ed. 13.000 within the last vear. To
L rWrpp this is point' on throtietl
out our country, notwithstanding the;
fact that the foundation of our na- oping drug addicts by the injudicious j city is fed to hogs on the citv farm
tional life depends on agricultural prescribing of heroin, morphin, or and the sale of these animals fur
products. Within fifty years the num-cocain. Do they accept responsibility , nishes sufficient funds to finance the
ber of persons on farms compared , for creating this news appetite for de-: city health office,
with the total has been reduced from j based food which several years ago j President Harding has accomplish-
70 per cent to 30 per cent.f Special
commissions have set a living wage
lor miners and other such laborers.
The fanner's investment, if placed
in a city commercial business, would
entitle him to a good living and a
good home with community life,
pleasant surroundings, and a few
hours' work a day instead of fourteen
hours in summer and twelve in win
ter for the entire family.
In many farm communities con
solidated schools and health centers
must be established, and the hygiene
of the farm home must receive the
same attention as that of the city
home. Outlying districts without
available medical or nursing services
can be provided for by state health
departments. The motor truck, lab -
oratory, roentgen-ray riant, surgical
and medical equipment as used in
France are just as available for the
needs of our people. People are
watching more closely the disiribu-
!on of necessary government ex-
penditures. They note and appreciate
me tact that in 1'JZO we spent )l.t
cents of each dollar of our taxation
me smaii remainder oniy i.o cents
was used to promote our national
:c. - I.L A " j j -
hich so largely contribute to our!Ere dependent on advertising for pat-
general efficiency and happiness.
Good Foundation.
We are a heterogenous body of i
na-!mucn 01 tne scum 01 tne eartn- re
1 sultin8 ln the exploitation of labor
Ib' ,arge concerns. Greater restnc-
itioj1s must be P,aced on immigrants;
tests for mental efficiency should be
carried out as they are now for sore
eyes, and the examination must be
given in the immigrant's own coun
trV- s.uch men,al tests as have been
made in scattered areas of our coun
try have shown that we are slipping
backward in mental ability. It is of
the greatest interest and is indeed
necessary that as a nation we rake
recognition of our mental state by a
our soldiers, lnese tests showed that
closs A was composed of 5 per cent
of persons with superior minds who
Iwere proved by test to be of a mental
aee of eighteen years or more; class
, R constitutes 10 per cent of persons
with a mental age of sixteen to eigh-
teen years; these 15 per cent of our
superior people give less evidence of
cohesion or coordinate work than do
the lower classes. They neither or
ganize nor submit to leadership;
their voting largely depends on the
weather: and thev are full of criti
cism, yet make little persona"! effort
to improve conditions. From them,
however, we secure ideas and ideals
of local and national benefit. Our
democracy rests on the 63 per cent
of persons in Calsses C plus, C, and
Q minus, who are of average intelli-
gence. Irns includes is per cent or
persons in Class C plus (mental age
fourteen to sixteen years), 25 per
cent of persons of Class C (mental
age thirteen to fourteen years), and
1 20 per cent of persons in Class C
! minus (mental age eleven to thir-
! teen years). In the final judgment
best friends of progress, and while
they must be taught they are less in
fluenced by prejudices and more re
ceptive of innovations. Our danger
our group are the 15 per cent of per
sons in Class D (mental age nine to
eleven years) in which there are
many morons who are exceedingly
prolific, and persons with minds of
children are probably more trouble
some than the 7 per cent of the popu-
lation in Class D minus (mental age
seven to nine years), many of whom
should be in institutions. This 22
per cent of persons are uneducated
in greater part and evidence little
iudement if educated at all. Like
children thev love organization and
are easliv led by organizers and
swayed hy leaders; they form the
dtsngerous elements of mobs, at times
even destroying their own interests.
These latter groups who have learned
0f the ease of taking human life,
nave mcreasea tne criminal ciass, ue-
;Veloping the present manifest wave
j of crime throughout our country,
: Such an analysis of our people ex-
pigins the rapid growth of our insti
; tutions for the feeble minded and in-
sane.
Press A Poter.
The press has become a great pow
er in the general education of our
people and, for the most part, the
newspapers and magazines are con
ducted with the greatest wisdom. The;scnooi lire, ana it is oi exceedingly
'editors should realize the importance serious import to our efficiency as a
of the press in the development of j nation to find that so little care has
'our national life. In considering tht been given to the physical education
1 mentality of our people it is distress- of our youth that 36 per cent of those
ine to note the special consideration the third decade of life were m-
ital misfits, and to full descriptions
of all kinds of crime with pictures
of the murderer and victim, and de-
, tailed drawings of the scene. There
sold on the basis of information con-
cerning crime. This leads us to won-
der to persons of what mental age
our editors are making an appeal for
- ilhp nrlvanr-pmrrit nf nnr nsltion. Thev
niooerlv blame physicians for devel
could only be found in the police ga- cd a remarkable achievement in as
zette? Just as they assemble all ath-! sembling the representatives of the
letic news in one folder, could they nine great powers in the disarmament
not assemble the information on sor-i conference. If the President can
; did crime on a separate sheet so that,
jit coud be omitted from home news-
papers t
Our national mentality shows the
appeal of types of advertising and i of our birthright of good health, his
the dangers of medical advertising, record of accomplishment will be en
The necessity for control is apparent viable. The cabinet officer proposed
not only in drug advertising but also hv the Public Welfare Department
iin that of irregular practitioners who
depend upon advertising in lieu of .tiry for national health problems, one
education and accomplishment to se-1 for educational problems, one for
cure a practice. There are no drug ; the welfare of our soldiers, and an
or medical advertisements in the other for general social service, all
newspapers of Kentucky not certified, cooperating under the chief of the
jby the State Board of Health. How
'ea - y an J safe a procedure! On not
the editors and members of the med-
ical profession get together for the
national good? A targj proportion
of the public takes it for granted that
persons licensed by the state to care
for the sick poerle are in a cerairt
sense guaranteed by the state. This
is true ot tne modern pnysician, no
must pass a rigid examination after
iniernsnip onen w a graduate
.course.
A Word on Cults.
The followers of a few cults, who
rcnage, have a limited preliminary
education, and have spent a few
mnnlhc in cfitti rf Kpir enfMat
.. . . , ... 'u:mnr, "
lieves that all disease is due to vei
rare condition of nerve pressure
caused by a displaced rib attachment
or slipped vertebra. These very per
sistent persons have, in fact, studied
a far fewer number of months than
the trained nurse, who knows a great
deal more than they concerning dis
ease and its cure. It is fortunate for
chiropractors that they have thus far
avoided the treatment of animals,
especially those with contagious dis
eases. It would be interstine indeed
to see them treating the spine of ani
mals for blackleg, or glanders, or to
see them treat hogs dying of cholera,
and chickens with Iimberneck or pip,
by replacing slipped vertebrae. It
would do such practitioners no harm
to know more concerning the funda
mentals of such tranches of radical
science as are unchangeable and in
which the facts are fixed. All persons
v.ho are licensed to treat the diseases
of men should take the same mini
mum medical examination in order
to show their ability to diagnose dis
ease and protect the public, regard
less of the method of treatment. In
addition to this, special examination
given by their special boards should
be required for the practice of par
ticular cults, as is now done in the
State of Kentucky. .In calling atten
tion to the fact that disease is micro
bic in origin, regardless of whether
the lving cell involved is a part of
man, of animal, or of plant, I am ap
pealing to our intelligent people.
Health Service.
A national board of health was
created by Congress in 1878 follow
ing the yellow fever epidemic but,
through lack of appropriations, it
ceased to function and was later
merged into the Marine hospital ser
vice. In 1893 this service was incor
porated under the Treasury Depart
ment as the Public Health Service.
At present this board of health is an
efficient department under the Sur
geon General Cummings, and has
charge of much of the excellent work
of caring for disabled veterans. Con
gress has been inconsistent in the
care with which it controls public
works. Boards are at times devel-
oped and in emergencies committees
are appointed with authority but with-
out appropriations, or with great ap
propriations and no authority. These
unfortunate condiitons to a large ex
tent hold true of the thirty-four
: boards, bureaus, and committees now
existing in Washington in charge of
medical affairs. Their work lacks
ccordnation and is wasteful in the
overlapping of responsibilities and
: duties; but the persons holding such
positions are backed by their friends
in Congress, and will resist any effort
at unification. The fear of losing
these sinecures is unwarranted, since
all such employees would be needed
in the greater organization for na
tional health. The necessity for na
tional educational supervision was
shown by the illiteracy of 25 per cent
of our draft recruits, and hence our
educators have asked for a special
cabinet officer. Health and education
are inseparable during childhood and
;preemaoie
Lack of education may
be recovered from, but disease often
leaves permanent disability.
The Rochester Plan.
One of the most important of city
officials is the Health Officer. His
duties are manv in the enforcement
; of laws to protect the health of citi-
;zens against unnecessary disease,
! contaminated milk, and other food,
The plan for financing the health offi-
irpr nf Rnrhpsfpr mnv he nnplied in
- ianv small city. The garbage of the
bring about his desire to improve the
condition of the people by affording
i them greater opportunities in educa-
: tion and bv aiding in the preservation
Rill provides for an assistant secre-
j bureau who has a seat in the cabinet.